Dennis Marsden (25 June 1933 – 6 September 2009) was a British sociologist based at the

University of Essex The University of Essex is a public university, public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass university, plate glass universities. The university comprises three camp ...

. Educated at

St Catharine's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The colle ...

, he was the co-author (with Brian Jackson) of ''Education and the Working Class'' (1961), and the author of '' Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family'' (1969). He was made an honorary Fellow of the University of Chichester in 2002.

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Dennis Marsden at "Pioneers of Qualitative Research" from the Economic and Social Data Service
1933 births 2009 deaths Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge British sociologists {{UK-sociologist-stub